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Apatite from
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:709419
Long-form Identifier:1:3:709419:4
GUID (UUID V4):137cc9e6-8f15-41cc-af4e-fd3819053cc4
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘEl Abra Mine, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology of the Chuquicamata Mine: A Progress Report GUILLERMO OSSANDÓN C., CODELCO-Chile, Gerencia Exploraciones...Santiago, Chile ROBERTO FRÉRAUT C., CODELCO-Chile, Superintendencia Geología, Chuquicamata, Chile LEWIS... DARRYL D. LINDSAY, SRK Consultores, Santiago, Chile AND MARCOS ZENTILLI Department of Earth Sciences...Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5 Abstract Chuquicamata, in northern Chile, is the world’s greatest copper orebody...contain the overwhelming proportion of copper at Chuquicamata in all alteration zones and assemblages, including
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granitic Rocks from the Chuquicamata-El Abra Porphyry Copper Belt of Northern Chile: Excimer Laser Ablation...Superintendencia de Geologia Codelco-Chile, Division Chuquicamata, Chuquicamata, Chile Abstract This study reports...plutonic rocks in the Chuquicamata-El Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile. Zircon U-Pb isotope...composite Los Picos-Fortuna–Pajonal-El Abra igneous complex, Radomiro Tomic mine, and Opache prospect were determined...spectrometry (ELAICP-MS). The dated samples from the Pajonal-El Abra complex show a continuous age range from 42
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2001, pp. 1307–1310 DISCUSSIONS APPLICATION OF APATITE (U-Th)/He THERMOCHRONOMETRY TO THE DETERMINATION...VERTICAL FAULT DISPLACEMENT AT THE CHUQUICAMATA PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, CHILE – A DISCUSSION ANDREW J. TOMLINSON...y Minería, Avenida Santa María 0104, Santiago, Chile JOHN H. DILLES, Oregon State University, Department...de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile McInnes et al. (1999) applied...thermochronometer, (U-Th)/He dating of apatite, in the district of Chuquicamata, northern Chile, attempting to place constraints
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1310 DISCUSSIONS APPLICATION OF APATITE (U-Th)/He THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE SENSE...VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT AT THE CHUQUICAMATA PORPHYRY COPPER DISTRICT, CHILE – A REPLY BRENT I.A. MCINNES...a pilot project conducted at the Chuquicamata mine in northern Chile, and view our original conclusion...carried out in proximity to the West fault between Calama and the Sierra Limón Verde during the 1990s was...Cerros de Paqui should leave the missing piece of Chuquicamata exposed near surface, whereas a paleotopographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatism and Ore Formation in the El Abra Porphyry Copper Deposit, Northern Chile: Implications for Long-Lived...Universidad de ConcepciĂłn, ConcepciĂłn CP 4030000, Chile 2 Instituto GEA, Casilla 160-C, Universidad de...de ConcepciĂłn, ConcepciĂłn CP 4030000, Chile 3 Department 4 Superintendencia of Earth Sciences, University...GeologĂ­a, Sociedad Contractual Minera El Abra, Calama CP 1390000, Chile Abstract Zircon LA-ICP-MS and CA-TIMS...molybdenite Re-Os geochronology for the El Abra porphyry copper deposit (Chile) document a ~8.6 Ma protracted
Book
label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...and CopperGold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile JosĂ© PerellĂł, Richard H. Sillitoe, Constantino...History of the RĂ­o Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known...Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits of the Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida...Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FLUID SOURCES IN ARID REGIONS: INSIGHTS FROM THE CHUQUICAMATA OXIDE BLANKET MARTIN REICH,1,2,† GLEN T. SNYDER...Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago...Santiago, Chile 3 Department 4 Eion Cameron Geochemical Inc., Carp, Ontario, Canada 5 Department 6 Department...largest supergene Cu profile at the Chuquicamata deposit in northern Chile, where anomalous concentrations...reported. All supergene marshite (CuI) samples from Chuquicamata and iodine-rich soil above the Mansa Mina deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
application to porphyry copper deposits of northern Chile Received: 22 October 2001 / Accepted: 25 July 2002...ChuquicamataEl Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile have been measured in situ by excimer laser ablation...This study is based on the Los Picos-Fortuna/Pajonal-El Abra igneous complex, a suite of spatially and temporally...intrusions within the Chuquicamata-El Abra porphyry copper belt of northern Chile. The complex is cut by...strike-slip fault, the West Fault, with the Pajonal-El Abra intrusive suite 348 displaced ca. 35 km to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CatĂłlica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, 7 Antofagasta, Chile. 8 2 GET, IRD-CNRS-CNES-UPS, 14 avenue...geochemical characteristics of zircons collected from Chuquicamata, Mirador, 31 Esperanza and Escondida PCDs...lower Oligocene metallogenic 32 belt of northern Chile, were determined in order to validate the use of...Eocene to Oligocene metallogeny belt, 48 Northern Chile, Porphyry Copper Deposit, non-mineralized intrusive...body. 49 50 1. Introduction 51 In northern Chile and southern Peru, porphyry copper deposits (PCDs)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western margin of Gondwana: Collahuasi area, Northern Chile Francisco Munizaga a , Victor Maksaev a,⁎, C.M....Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Research School of Earth Sciences...de Collahuasi, SCM, Pedro Lagos 1090, Iquique, Chile d Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian...‘Altiplano’ high plateau of the Andes of northern Chile mostly consists of late Paleozoic to Early Triassic...of Chile, the Frontal Cordillera of Argentina (Choiyoi Group or Choiyoi Granite-Rhyolite Province), and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile Constanza Rivas-Romero 1,2, *, Martin...Copper Deposit: Insights from the Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile. Minerals 2021, 11, 671. https://doi...Matemåticas, Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago 8370450, Chile; mreich@cec.uchile.cl (M.R...Físicas y Matemåticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370450, Chile Department of Earth Sciences, University...Casa Matriz, Huérfanos 1270, Santiago 8370450, Chile; spich001@codelco.cl Correspondence: constanzarivasromero@gmail
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1062-1085 Geology oftheE1AbraPorphyry CopperDeposit, Chile JOZSEF A‱IBRUS Abstract The E1 Abra porphyryCOl)per...porphyryCOl)per deposit,located42 km northof Chuquicamata, was minedon a smallscalein the past,andseveralstudies...1972to 1975,the Corporaci6nNacionaldel Cobrede Chile completedan evaluation programknownas the E1 Abra...located in E1 Loa Province, Chile, 42 kilometers north of the Chuquicamataopen-pit mine (Fig. 1). It is...is emplacedin the samemountainrange as Chuquicamata at 4,000 meters above sea level. Two thirdclassroadsconnectE1
Book (volume)
After moving to Australia in 】 979, Ross, as a District Manager with CRA Exploration, led the team that...existence o f a new unconformity-vein style uranium province in the Proterozoic of the Great Sandy Desert............................................ 65 T he El T eniente M egabreccia D epositth e W o rld ’s L...the largest deposits in any established porphyry province. For a discussion of the accepted terminology...localised in the U.S. “South-west” and in northern Chile and southern Peruand were Cu-Mo orebodies (Gilmour
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Plutonic Complex of the Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile José Zambra1,*, Shoji Kojima1, Sergio Espinoza1...Catholic University, Antofagasta and 2Minera Tocopilla, Barros Arana, Tocopilla, Chile Abstract The Angélica...the Coastal Cordillera of the Tocopilla district, Northern Chile, and those are classified fundamentally...intruding into the formation. In the Tocopilla district there is a peculiar copper deposit named Angélica...since 1960 by ENAMI (National Mining Company of Chile). Because of recent exploitation of the deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a Porphyry Cu System: the El Abra Porphyry Cu Deposit, Northern Chile Downloaded from http://petrology...undertaken on samples from the El Abra–Pajonal igneous complex, northern Chile, to investigate the magmatic...the chalcophile elements and the formation of the El Abra porphyry Cu deposit. The PGE have extreme sulfide...magmatic processes governing the evolution of the El Abra–Pajonal suite. Plagioclase fractionation dominated...the El Abra porphyry intrusion and Cu deposit. Abundances of Pt and Pd in felsic rocks from the El Abra–Pajonal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu ± Au Deposits: Examples from New Guinea and Chile P. A. GOW†,* AND J. L. WALSHE CSIRO Division of...deposits in New Guinea and northern and central Chile occurred during Tertiary magmatic events that overprinted...back-arc basin in northern Chile, and an Oligocene intra-arc basin in central Chile. The preexisting architecture...the lavas of the Farellones Formation in central Chile. These plates appear to have impeded magma ascent...deposits in New Guinea and central and northern Chile overprinted a variety of preexisting extensional
Journal (issue)
Feature articles Kammererite from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey .............................J. F. Poullen Famous Mineral Localities: Chuquicamata, Chile ........... 321 by Robert B. Cook Departments...Record Inc. COVER: KAMMERERITE from the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey. The crystals, from the collection...(Columbiana, Alabama). The owner o f the fine Old Yuma mine vanadinite pictured on page 195 is Ray DeMark; Ray...y 270 W est n e a r A n im al W o n d erlan d . T el. 501-767-4800 Hot Springs, Arkansas The M ineralogical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
937-948 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION OF APATITE (U-Th)/He THERMOCHRONOMETRY TO THE DETERMINATION... FAULT DISPLACEMENT AT THE CHUQUICAMATA PORPHYRYCOPPERDEPOSIT, CHILE BRENTI.A. MCINNES,* CSIRODivision...Melbourne,Victoria 3083, Australia Abstract Chuquicamata istheworld's largest porphyry copper deposit...andfission-track ages ofvertically distributed apatite samples fromeachofthecrustal blocks (Fortuna andChuquieamata...Apatite (U-Th)/Heages range from32to16Ma,whereas apatite fission-track ages range from33to28Ma,reflecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in magmatic arc settings. At the regional and district scales, the occurrence of many deposits in belts...central Chile; A.J. Wilson, writ. commun., 2009) and Mo (2.5 Mt: El Teniente, central Chile; Camus, 2003)...Toquepala & Cuajone Los Pelambres Los BroncesRĂ­o Blanco El Teniente Mamut Grasberg-Ertsberg Ok Tedi Cerro...Collahuasi dist. Bau Batu Hijau El Abra Cabang Kiri Chuquicamata dist. Koloula Frieda River dist...dist.(Nena) Wafi-Golpu Gaby El Salvador Potrerillos Marte & Caspiche Taca Taca Bajo Bajo de la Alumbrera
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consecutive hydrothermal events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile Peter Reynolds ) , Casey Ravenhurst...temperature Ćœ) 3508C. potassic alteration event at Chuquicamata from the lower temperature Ćœ- 3508C. quartz–sericite...Leiva, G., Rojas, J., Graves, M.C., 1994a. The Chuquicamata system revisited. ĆœExtended Abstract., Society...deposits of the Andes, New Developments’. Concepcion Chile, October 17–18, 1994. Proceedings 2, 1647–1651.x...world’s largest porphyry copper systems, Chuquicamata, Chile. Accurate and precise dating are required
Journal (issue)
‱~chweiz CHF 10,50 Rhodochrosit von der Wutong-Mine, China ‱ Seltene Phosphate und Vanadate von Emmerichswalde...Tucson-Show 2013 10 Rhodochrosit von der Wutong-Mine in China 18 Seltene Phosphate und Vanadate von...Rhodochrosit-Stufen der Welt, die aus der Wutong-Mine stammen. Und aus Tucson haben dieses Mal unsere...Duftite aus der Ojuela Mine/ Mexiko,herrliche Jakobsite aus der N'Chwaning Mine in SĂŒdafrika, blaue Coelestine...geborgen erst im Juli 2012 in der legendĂ€ren Rogerly Mine in England. Die Riesen-Fluoritstufe hat in Tucson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PRIMARY MINERALIZATION CHUQUICAMATA, AT CHILE, S. A. VICTOR M. L(‱PEZ. ABSTRACT. The structural...alteration and sulphide mineralization of the Chuquicamata Mine are desc. ribed in detail. Attention is directed...SpecularHematite at Chuquicamata............................. SulphideMineralization at Chuquicamata.............relations and zonal distribution determined in Chuquicamata,which are outlined in this paper, have been...debtfor allowingthe useof suchinformation. ‱ To the Chile Exploration Companythe writer is under obligation
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METALLOGENETIC CARLOS RUIZ PROVINCES F. AND GEORGE OF CHILE, S. A. ‱ E. ERICKSEN CONTENTS PAGE Abstract........... ABSTRACT The metalliferousdepositsof Chile tend to be restrictedto well defined metallogeneticprovinces...synthesis of the knowledgeof the ore depositsof Chile basedon studiesnow beingcarriedout and on publishedand...ore deposits. Most of the known ore depositsof Chile are in the northern half of the country; relativelyfew...1960) indicatethe magnitudeof presentday mining in Chile: Copper Molybdenum Lead Zinc Gold Silver Mercury
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(CEGA), FCFM, D Universidad de Chile, Plaza Ercilla 803, Santiago, Chile Department of Earth Sciences...Barra Departamento de GeologĂ­a, Universidad de Chile, Chile fbarrapantoja@ing.uchile.cl Phone: 56-2-29784532...of northern Chile, comprises the PT iron oxide-Cu-Au sensu stricto, the iron oxide-apatite (IOA), and...deposits constitute the second source of copper in Chile, after porphyry Cu-Mo systems, whereas SC IOAs...and D Barreal Seco, three IOAs: Los Colorados, El Romeral, Carmen, and two Manto-type TE deposits:
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kilometers (4,700 miles) from Colombia in the north to Chile in the south. They contain peaks second in height...meters (22,205 feet), Tocorpuri on the border of Chile and Bolivia is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the...feet), marks the boundary between Argentina and Chile. Incredibly deep valleys and impassable terrain...margin of South America, from Colombia to the tip of Chile. divide into two ranges and bound a high-altitude...Volch Pomerape (6,282 meters) on the border of Chile and Bolivia. These volcanoes, like hundreds of others
 
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